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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
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The true scientific understanding of the nature of existence is so utterly fascinating; how could you not want people to share it?… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Making systems work is the great task of my generation of physicians and scientists. But I would go further and say that… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
But the World being once fram'd, and the course of Nature establish'd, the Naturalist, (except in some few cases, where God, or… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like… — Scipione Breislak Copy Share Image
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“space, then that means we’re not alone in the universe.” She paused. “But also, far more incredibly…” “Yes?” Dr. Bennett smiled for… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
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I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
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It is fear that makes you believe that you are living and that you will be dead.What we do not want is… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
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The psychiatric interviewer is supposed to be doing three things: considering what the patient could mean by what he says; considering how… — Harry Stack Sullivan Copy Share Image
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Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
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